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| Life the gift of recovery! Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Home is where the heart is
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| Eliminate Mental Clutter Through Meditation Quote:
By: Donna Smallin
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| Hell on Wheels Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Flint MI
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ok Nan, you have helpped me a lot let me see if this works..........I may end up doing what sis Gypsy does and try the yoga thing!
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| Hell on Wheels Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Flint MI
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ok for future refferance yoga is out my leg cant get that high
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| :rof me tooo:rof
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LOL that hurt I went to my first one today he grabbed me and started doing twists and turns until I was giggling then he wants to put my leg behind my head I was like right and almost wet myself trying to get untangled........not ready for yoga yet
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naw it is one stop shopping I guess, I was like dude I have a rod in my hip he said (I sware sounding like Robert Duvall) "we practice this art to become one and strengthen our mind and bodies, maybe you should try swimming" all he left out was orkas dont belong in my class......lol was funny my friend Derrick was with me ( 500 if he is a pound) he was like I can get my leg behind my head but I have to use some ones as* for my foot to guide it there........We are going to see if the college has some we are both students and he and I like to work out together ( ok he makes me feel Patite<sp>).....we shall see Hugs and Prayers, Pamm
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| How to **Really Want** to Meditate in 3 Easy Steps
I found this article useful, I hope you do to............Judith Quote:
Check out the Experts page for Rebbie Straubing, the Official SelfGrowth.com Guide to Spiritual Healing: Rebbie Straubing | SelfGrowth.com ***** For a complete system of inner alignment (a good ramp) that leads you into deep meditation in record time, comfortably and easily, read Dr. Rebbie Straubing's book, "Rooted in the Infinite: The Yoga of Alignment."
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Thank you Judith I meditate every day and any additonal information is always good for me.
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I found myself nodding 'yes' to the three questions....thank you very much for this post nandm.
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Thank you nandm! I recently started meditating daily in addition to my yoga practice for most all of the reasons listed under step 1. Very timely as I just went to a meditation class at my yoga place last night. I too, always appreciate additional information
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| Cultivating Mindfulness
"Despite the seeming simplicity, it's not easy to "stop and smell the roses." The fact is that we've trained ourselves to be constantly on the go, to always be doing something and thinking ahead. But if you never live in and fully enjoy the present, what kind of life are you living? How much are you missing out on?" ----7 Simple Steps to Unclutter Your Life Donna Smallin I find this is quite true in my life. I feel guilty when I am not on the go or planning to be on the go. To just sit, recognize and enjoy the moment can be one of the most difficult things to do for me. In fact that is one of the reasons I have been considering meditation, to bring the present more into focus for me. I have thought of all the moments I will never relive that were important but I was too busy to recognize it at the time. Baking Christmas cookies with my youngest daughter when she was 5; right before she went to live with her father nearly 3000 miles away. I have only seen her once since then and she turns 13 in March. There are so many moments I truly wish I had taken the time to slow down and really appreciate and enjoy. It is past time for me to start living in the moment. ---Judith
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| Practice Awareness
"Slow down. Try this simple exercise: Stand up and deliberately move across the room in slow motion. Notice how it increases your awareness and expands time. That's what slowing down in life can do for you." ----7 Simple Steps to Unclutter Your Life Donna Smallin
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"When you are practicing Zazen meditation do not try to stop your thinking. Let it stop by itself. If something comes into your mind, let it come in and go out, it will not stay long. When you try to stop your thinking, it means you are bothered by it. Do not be bothered by anything. It appears that the something comes from outside your mind, but actually it is only the waves of your mind and if you are not bothered by waves, gradually they will become calmer and calmer...Many sensations come, many thoughts or images arise but they are just waves from your own mind, Nothing comes from outside your own mind...If you leave your mind as it is, it will become calm. This mind is called big mind." ~Suzuki Roshi in Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind |
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Thank you Stone.
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| Watch your every move. Over the next week, before you do anything, ask yourself why you are doing it. Is it important? Is it important enough to do right now? A ringing telephone is a perfect example. Most people automatically answer the phone without deciding to answer it. It's there for our convenience, but how easy it is to become enslaved by it! How much of what you do is action and how much is reaction? By paying closer attention to what you are doing,you can make more conscious choices about how you spend your time.
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Regarding the telephone example... I check the CID before answering. Maybe I should just start answering without looking lol. I know what you're saying though nandm Since I've been actively meditating and reading about (and trying to practice ) mindfulness I do notice my actions and reactions are much more deliberate and not as quick to be emotional ones.
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When I look at the CID...I often use the tool in the 24 hour plan..."pause aned ask for the right thought"..and I ask my Hp to speak through me and I remind myself that love and tolerance is our code. And there are times I admit I cannot answer or reposnd to a couple specific individuals as they are toxic and I know my HP does not want toxicity in my life today. Those individuals get a prayer of blessing when I see them on the CID.
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Yes I understood the part about not being compelled to answer. That's why I check the caller ID... so I can make an informed decision along the lines of Flutterings answer. I was just saying that perhaps I should break my habit by just picking up the phone lol? Not what your post suggested I know.
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"So don't be in a hurry and try to push or rush your practice. Do your meditation gently and gradually step by step. In regard to peacefulness, if you become peaceful, then accept it; if you don't become peaceful, then accept that also. That's the nature of the mind. We must find our our own practice and persistently keep at it." ~Ajahn Chah, 'Bodhinyana' *Although the quotes I have posted are from the Buddhist tradition I think they apply to meditation in general, I am not suggesting anyone has to get into Buddhism in order to meditate. |
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